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SeedyOne:
--- Quote from: BouncyChillups on Fri, 07 June 2024, 05:28:41 ---That’s why I’m glad I’m out of this hobby.
NK revived it, it was a huge successs but because keyboard hobbyists are crybabies, it’s now gonna die again. Nothing is gonna happen and keycon will go back down again.
Good job, it’s true, the real hobby is complaining
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The irony of you, supposedly out of this hobby, complaining ignorantly about other complainers and becoming a literal crybaby is almost too much to take. Whatever will the hobby do without your lack of nuance and hyperbolic assumptions?
SeedyOne:
--- Quote from: Poesjuh on Sat, 08 June 2024, 11:48:27 ---Yes I’m in Europe and yes I could go to MKUK or Mechanicon. Doesn’t mean that I won’t welcome Keycon in Europe which may draw a more international crowd and perhaps some more well known names.
And perhaps I’m mistaken but whether it’s from NA to EU or vice versa, traveling from continent to continent for a keyboard meetup is afaik not something many people can do or are willing to do. (Both financially and from a time investment.)
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I don't think anyone doubts there's benefits to KC in Europe and that it could draw a more international crowd/names. We should all want that some day, in some way, for the growth of the hobby. The issue here was the poor timing and planning of it, not some sort of EU/US or Keyboard/Artisan issue as some tried to paint it earlier.
The fact is, Keycon was a success in 2024 but immediately moving across the world, for exactly the reasons you said about international travel, is effectively like cancelling or skipping 2025 for people in the US. Many of which are who helped make KC what it was this year and now out of nowhere, POOF, everything changes. That's not to say Keycon can't or shouldn't ever move, but doing it so quickly and without any input or discussion of a sister/backup event in the origin country was a mistake and should have been called out.
As an old proverb once said, "We should learn to walk before we attempt to run..."
rmendis:
--- Quote from: Poesjuh on Sat, 08 June 2024, 11:48:27 ---Imo that’s the same as saying that there are still other big events in NA happening. Afaik we’re talking about Keycon now, not alternatives.
Yes I’m in Europe and yes I could go to MKUK or Mechanicon. Doesn’t mean that I won’t welcome Keycon in Europe which may draw a more international crowd and perhaps some more well known names.
And perhaps I’m mistaken but whether it’s from NA to EU or vice versa, traveling from continent to continent for a keyboard meetup is afaik not something many people can do or are willing to do. (Both financially and from a time investment.)
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Who said Keycon won't happen in EU (or other places) in the future? It might. Give it time. Let's see how things evolve. Hopefully, you'll stick around or join then. =)
eczactly:
Quoting Jobs:
"Some people say give the customers what they want, but that's not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they're going to want before they do. I think Henry Ford once said, 'If I'd ask customers what they wanted, they would've told me a faster horse.' People don't know what they want until you show it to them. That's why I never rely on market research. Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page."
Let's go to Germany. KeyCon shall not be bound by borders.
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